Pinxton Porcelain

A Pinxton Porcelain teapot showing Brookhill Hall

Coffee cups (cans) made from Pinxton porcelain

Pinxton Porcelain was a porcelain works created by John Coke and William Billingsley in Pinxton in Derbyshire, England.

Biography

Pinxton Porcelain was founded on land rented from the Reverend D'Ewes Coke's third son who went into business with the businessman and porcelain painter William Billingsley. Billingsley who had been trained at the Derby works is now renowned for the quality of his porcelain painting but he was also interested in perfecting a porcelain recipe which it is thought he obtained from Zachariah Boreman.^[1] Billingsley eventually left and briefly set up a decorating shop in Mansfield where he decorated imported porcelain pottery. John Coke continued the business from 1799 to 1806, even taking in Henry Banks as a partner from 1801 to 2.

Coke married Susanna Wilmot in April 1806 and although the porcelain business continued under John Cutts who had been decorating manager until 1813, Coke's interest moved to his coal mining business in Pinxton and he moved his family home to Debdale Hall.

Legacy

There is continued interest in Pinxton Porcelain and a group was formed in 1996 of people interested in this factory and its wares. The society has published a number of publications and organised exhibitions.^[2] The teapot illustrated was made at the Pinxton Porcalain and shows Brookhill Hall which was a home of John Coke. This teapot is part of the collection of Pinxton porcelain at Derby Museum, England.^[3]

References

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